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As you may have read in Times 2, a new book suggests that we lighten up
about infidelity and seize happiness by enjoying some extramarital legover.
Catherine Hakim, a British sociologist, says new rules need to be drawn to
stop marriage becoming a prison and monogamy its shrewish governor. “I have
always been baffled by the sour and rigid English view of affairs,” she
writes.

Mmm. Sounds like we’re edging into “open relationship” territory to me. Well,
good luck to anyone who pulls off that caper. I know some people swear by
them (I’ve even met a few) and I genuinely